The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Film Critique

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Although the movie rating of the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) is classified as an R rated movie, meaning no one under the age of 17 is permitted without a parent or guardian, with such a violent, graphic and lengthy rape and torture scene, and ongoing nudity and sex scenes, some argue it should have been rated NC-17, meaning no one under the age of 17 is permitted, regardless of a parents permission. But the fact of the matter is that rape and torture scene and other sex scenes were quite necessary for plot development and for building up a desire in the audience to root for Lisbeth Salander in her quest for revenge and justice. The story consists of two protagonists, Lisbeth Salander played by Rooney Mara and Mikael Bomkvist played by Daniel Craig, each on a different path, but their lives become entwined during their very separate struggles. The telling of the story is very real life narration, and the story itself is what is called a 5 Act Structure, meaning it focuses on exposition first, then plot development, then we learn of crisis and conflict the characters must overcome, taking us to the climax of the story, and finally ending with the resolution. The movie consists of various periods of rising and falling action. Lisbeth Salander is a young girl living on her own, under the legal age, and has been in trouble with the law which results in her being under the care of a case worker who is viciously sexually abusive, manipulating, and controlling. Lisbeth is a genius when it comes to computer hacking, and has a photographic memory, which lands her a job doing some work for a private investigator. When her computer breaks down and she needs money to purchase a new one to perform her investigative job duties, her case worker manipulates her to come to his home to get the money, and brutally rapes her when she arrives. On previous

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